[TenTec] Centurian 422 vs Titan III

[Jim]

Ten Tec has been selling Centurions for a long time and probably sold a 
lot of them.

I have been very happy with mine. It was originally sold in June 1995 to 
K7TS who, as I recall, replaced it with a Titan. I bought it from him in 
1997.

A TT tech, Gary Greene, suggested to me in 1997 a mod for it to correct 
a design defect in early Centurions. I replaced the power supply 
resistors, those in parallel with the filter capacitors, with some of a 
higher voltage rating. He sent me the resistors free of charge. I don't 
recall having arcing with this amp, but that may be the source of the 
arcing problem reported in the QST review.

As far as I know, Gary Greene is no longer with Ten Tec.

I'll bet someone on the reflector has both amps and can give a good 
comparison.

		Jim  N4AL

HENRY PFIZENMAYER wrote:

> Like to hear some opinions on the new Centurian versus the Titan III . If I
> am gonna order the Centurian , I want to do it this week.
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  One thing > that continues to pop out at me is the number of Centurians
> for sale used - always wonder why - surely 1000 vs 1500 watts
> is not the issue.

In a different message:

I was somewhat concerned about the QST review that said they had arcing 
- that was about 1992 - so I would assume by now if that was an issue 
Tentec would have it resolved. (I tried to get some info from ARRL/ the 
guy who did the review but so far no answer..


> 
> Thanks - Hank K7HP